Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2021.10.07 (Thu)

【#837】Placing Hopes on Kishida’s Eagerness to Amend Constitution

October 4, 2021 　 “At least within the term (for the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party), I would promote constitutional amendments meeting the changes of the times,” Fumio Kishida tol...

2021.09.09 (Thu)

【#824】Postwar Regime behind Bogged-down Japanese Pullout from Afghanistan

September 6, 2021 　 Both the Japanese Foreign and Defense Ministries might have had a headache, as they have come under media fire for their poor performance in Japanese pullout from Afghanistan. Me...

2021.08.25 (Wed)

【#820】Taliban Victory May Change U.S.-China Confrontation Framework

August 23, 2021 　 What it boils down to is that U.S. military, the most powerful in the world, was defeated in a 20-year war with the Afghan Taliban which is nothing more than one of Islamic fundame...

2021.07.07 (Wed)

【#811】Unexpectedly Moderate Speech by Xi

July 5, 2021 　 For stories on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech to a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, Japanese media adopted a passage on Taiwan f...

2021.06.17 (Thu)

【#801】Far Weaker Japan-U.S. Ties than U.K.-U.S. Relationship

June 14, 2021 　 Amid what U.S. President Joe Biden terms a confrontation between democracies and autocracies, the democratic camp has finally begun to take shape under the U.S. leadership after rema...

2021.04.21 (Wed)

【#785】Japan’s Commitment to Military Contributions Being Tested

April 19, 2021 　 Japanese newspapers might have exhausted all possible comments about the latest Japan-U.S. summit. The summary of its significance is that the Biden administration has won Japan’s c...

2021.04.07 (Wed)

【#780】What Would Japan Do in Response to a Taiwan Contingency?

April 5, 2021 　 A Japan-U.S. summit in Washington on April 16 represents U.S. President Joe Biden’s first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader since his inauguration in January, indicating how...

2021.03.25 (Thu)

【#776】China Wants to Continue Talks with U.S.

March 22, 2021 　 Talks between top U.S. and Chinese foreign policy officials in Anchorage, Alaska, were significant in that the Chinese side boiled over and gave away their true feelings while the...

2021.02.03 (Wed)

【#759】Senkaku Affair Highlights Limitations of Japan’s Constitution

February 1, 2021 　 I have mixed feelings about a recent development regarding a gap between China’s gradual enhancement of moves towards effective control of Japan’s Senkaku Islands over a half ce...

2021.01.26 (Tue)

【#758】Call for Unity Rings Hollow

January 25, 2021 　 When I read the full text of U.S. President Joe Biden’s inaugural address, I was somewhat bored because he repeated all too often the explanation of “democracy” and the call for...